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Ivy Games Come to Biondi Park
4/6/2012 5:54:00 PM | Baseball
The Games: Dartmouth (5-13, 1-3) vs. Penn (12-10, 3-1), Columbia (10-14, 3-1)
Location: Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park (2,000), Hanover, N.H.
First pitch: Noon doubleheader Saturday, April 7; noon doubleheader Sunday April 8
Series Record vs. Penn: Big Green lead, 83-78-1
Series Record vs. Columbia: Big Green lead, 99-68
Live Video via Big Green Insider ($)
Live Audio — (Wayne Young '72 play-by-play)
Live Stats
Complete Game Notes
Back at Home
Dartmouth enters its first Ivy weekend in Hanover with the nation's longest home winning streak at 26 games. And the last team to beat the Big Green at Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park will be on the field Saturday when Dartmouth takes on Penn in a doubleheader. Back on April 11, 2010, the Quakers won the first game of a doubleheader, 9-5, then lost the nightcap — the first of the 26 straight victories for the Green.
On Sunday, a team Dartmouth has played in the Ivy Championship Series twice in the past four years comes to town in Columbia.
Last Week in Review
• After dropping three of four last weekend in the opening Ivy weekend, Dartmouth rebounded with a 12-4 triumph over Saint Anselm on Wednesday.
• Senior Jake Carlson was the story of the game, becoming the first known Big Green player to hit for the cycle. His four hits, three runs scored and four RBIs all equaled his career highs.
• Carlson wasn't the only Dartmouth batter with four hits as junior Ennis Coble reached base in each of his six trips to the plate with three singles, a double, a walk and a hit by pitch.
• Dartmouth collected a season-high 19 hits in the win with senior Joe Sclafani and sophomore Jeff Keller chipping in with three knocks apiece.
• On the mound, sophomore Louis Concato earned his first victory of the year, allowing three runs — only one earned — on five hits and a walk over five innings.
Last Time Against the Quakers
Penn was one of just two league teams to beat Dartmouth during the regular season last year, sweeping a two-game series in Philadelphia, 3-2 and 14-10. Vince Voiro outdueled Kyle Hendricks in the opener, although Jake Carlson touched Voiro for a two-run bomb in the final frame, as both pitchers went the distance. In the second game, the Quakers jumped out to a 7-1 lead after two, the Big Green rallied to go up 9-7, but the hosts had the last laugh. Ennis Coble did club a pair of doubles and drive in four runs.
Overall Record vs. Penn
• Dartmouth owns a slim 83-78-1 lead in the all-time series against the Quakers.
• In the past 14 seasons, the Big Green have swept Penn six times, while the Quakers have won both contests five times with the two sides splitting the series just three times.
• Coach Whalen is 24-18 against Penn during his tenure, including a 4-2 mark in extra innings.
• Of the Ivy League schools, the Quakers are the only team to have a .500 record against Dartmouth in Hanover since the Biondi Park dedication (1-1) and since the Red Rolfe Field dedication before the 1970 season (15-15-1).
Scouting the Quakers
• Penn has been playing well of late, winning eight of its past 10 games, including a two-game sweep of Yale while yielding just two runs to the Bulldogs.
• The Quakers will flash some power and also show off some speed as well. Entering the weekend, they are fourth in the league with 11 homers and tied for the most stolen bases with 37.
• Greg Zebrack and Ryan Deitrich make for a formidable one-two punch in the lineup. Zebrack sports a .405/.490/.743 slash line, each of which ranks among the top four in the Ivy League, while Deitrich has a .351/.398/.608 line. Both have hit three long balls, and Zebrack has swiped 10 bags.
• The pitching staff has a respectable 4.91 ERA and leads the league in strikeouts. Connor Cuff has struck out 11.9 batters per nine innings alone.
• In the field, Penn has hurt itself a bit with 39 errors in 22 games (.954 fielding percentage), leading to 26 unearned runs.
Probable Starting Pitchers
• What is known is that Dartmouth will throw two left-handers against Penn. First up will be sophomore LHP Mitch Horacek (1-2, 5.76), who has progressively given up fewer runs in each start thus far. Freshman LHP Adam Frank (2-1, 5.71), who held Princeton hitless for six innings last weekend, gets the nod for game two.
• The Quakers will start things off with ace RHP Vince Voiro (4-1, 1.60) who has won each of his last four starts, including a 4-1, complete-game victory at Yale last Sunday. Game two will feature rookie RHP Sam Horn (0-1, 6.27), who gave up five runs in 3.1 innings on Monday versus Brown.
Last Time Against the Lions
In a rematch of the previous year's Ivy Championship Series, Dartmouth once again got the best of Columbia, taking both games on the Lions' home field. In the first game, the Big Green jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two innings, thanks in part to solo homers by Joe Sclafani and Chris O'Dowd, only to see Columbia score twice in the third and sixth frames to take a 4-3 lead into the seventh stanza. With one down, Dartmouth put a pair of runners on base before Jason Brooks greeted reliever Tim Giel by depositing his first pitch over the fence in right-center for a game-winning three-run jack and a 6-4 victory. The Green waltzed to an 8-1 triumph in the nightcap as Cole Sulser threw 7.2 shutout innings while striking out seven. O'Dowd homered again to contribute to the 10-hit attack.
Overall Record vs. Columbia
• Dartmouth is looking for its 100th win all-time against the Lions having gotten the best of them in 167 meetings with a 99-68 record.
• The Big Green have won 14 of the past 20 meetings, although Columbia did win one of the two showdowns in the Ivy Championship Series.
• Dartmouth head coach Bob Whalen has a 33-17 mark in games against Columbia.
• The Lions have split their only two games at Biondi Park, but the Green are 22-16 against Columbia at the site since the field was named in honor of Red Rolfe before the 1970 campaign.
Scouting the Lions
• Much like Penn, Columbia is playing quite well of late having won seven of its last eight after starting 3-13. Last weekend the Lions held Yale to one run in two games, then split a twinbill with Brown.
• Three Lions are batting over .300 on the season, led by Dario Pizzano with a slash line of .373/.481/.542. Nick Ferraresi has three of Columbia's eight home runs, and the Lions are hitting .265 as a team.
• Columbia pitchers have recorded a 4.68 ERA to date as the opposition has hit .279 against them. They are not afraid to pitch inside, as evidenced by the 43 batters they have hit this year.
• The Lions lead the league with a .968 fielding percentage and 24 double plays turned, plus have gunned down 31.2 pct. of would-be base stealers.
Probable Starting Pitchers
• Again, Dartmouth will send two southpaws to the bump. Junior LHP Kyle Hunter (0-2, 9.82) will try to get his season on track in the opener, and junior LHP Michael Johnson (1-1, 4.43) will toe the slab in game two. Johnson yielded just two runs over six innings in his last start at Cornell.
• The Big Green are expecting to face its first left-handed starter this year when LHP David Speer (2-0. 3.72) pitches game one on Sunday. Speer was lights out against Yale, tossing six shutout innings with seven strikeouts. RHP Stefan Olson (1-4, 4.85) is slated for game two after suffering a 4-3 loss to Brown, surrendering a pair of homers.
What's Up Next
Dartmouth wraps up a six-game homestand on Wednesday when Holy Cross comes to town. Next weekend the Big Green will be back on the road with a four-game series scheduled at Brown on Saturday and Sunday.
Home Cooking
Since its home field was renovated before the 2009 season, Dartmouth has enjoyed exceptional success at Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park with a 44-5 record for an .898 winning percentage and has not lost a non-conference game at the venue (16-0). The Big Green have won 26 consecutive games at Biondi, the longest streak among Division I teams.
Carlson Makes History with Cycle
In 140 seasons of varsity baseball, there had been no record of any Big Green player hitting for the cycle. That changed on April 4 when senior Jake Carlson accomplished the feat against Saint Anselm. After striking out his first time up, Carlson heated up with a fourth-inning double. One inning later the nine-hole hitter took the Hawk pitcher deep for his first home run of the season and fourth of his career. In the sixth, he boomed a triple over the his counterpart's head in center field, leaving him needing just a single in his final at-bat. He didn't waste any time, hitting a hard groundball up the middle that the second baseman was able to glove but not beat Carlson to first with the throw.
Whither the Lefties?
While Dartmouth has faced several left-handed pitchers, nearly 90 percent of the team's at-bats have come against righties. And after 18 games, not one southpaw has started on the mound against the Big Green. In contrast, 16 of Dartmouth's 18 starts on the mound have been by portsiders.
Bats Break Out
Before Saint Anselm came to town on April 4, the Dartmouth sticks had struggled at the plate with a .209 average in its previous seven games. That changed when the Big Green banged out a season-high 19 hits against the Hawks, with senior Jake Carlson and junior Ennis Coble matching a career high with four knocks. Senior Joe Sclafani and sophomore Jeff Keller got into the swing of things as well with three hits apiece.
Strikeouts to the Max
Since returning from the California spring trip, the pitching staff has pitched quite well with a 3.64 ERA while holding opposing hitters to a .246 average and striking out 41 in 47 innings. The most punchouts have come courtesy of senior reliever Max Langford, who has whiffed 10 in just five innings, including a career-high five strikeouts in two frames versus Saint Anselm on April 4.
East Coast Bias
Not that senior Joe Sclafani and junior Ennis Coble have anything against the West Coast, but since the pair returned to this time zone, they have hit the ball all over the yard. Sclafani is 9-for-22 (.409) with five doubles, while Coble is a sizzling 11-for-20 (.550).
Location: Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park (2,000), Hanover, N.H.
First pitch: Noon doubleheader Saturday, April 7; noon doubleheader Sunday April 8
Series Record vs. Penn: Big Green lead, 83-78-1
Series Record vs. Columbia: Big Green lead, 99-68
Live Video via Big Green Insider ($)
Live Audio — (Wayne Young '72 play-by-play)
Live Stats
Complete Game Notes
Back at Home
Dartmouth enters its first Ivy weekend in Hanover with the nation's longest home winning streak at 26 games. And the last team to beat the Big Green at Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park will be on the field Saturday when Dartmouth takes on Penn in a doubleheader. Back on April 11, 2010, the Quakers won the first game of a doubleheader, 9-5, then lost the nightcap — the first of the 26 straight victories for the Green.
On Sunday, a team Dartmouth has played in the Ivy Championship Series twice in the past four years comes to town in Columbia.
Last Week in Review
• After dropping three of four last weekend in the opening Ivy weekend, Dartmouth rebounded with a 12-4 triumph over Saint Anselm on Wednesday.
• Senior Jake Carlson was the story of the game, becoming the first known Big Green player to hit for the cycle. His four hits, three runs scored and four RBIs all equaled his career highs.
• Carlson wasn't the only Dartmouth batter with four hits as junior Ennis Coble reached base in each of his six trips to the plate with three singles, a double, a walk and a hit by pitch.
• Dartmouth collected a season-high 19 hits in the win with senior Joe Sclafani and sophomore Jeff Keller chipping in with three knocks apiece.
• On the mound, sophomore Louis Concato earned his first victory of the year, allowing three runs — only one earned — on five hits and a walk over five innings.
Last Time Against the Quakers
Penn was one of just two league teams to beat Dartmouth during the regular season last year, sweeping a two-game series in Philadelphia, 3-2 and 14-10. Vince Voiro outdueled Kyle Hendricks in the opener, although Jake Carlson touched Voiro for a two-run bomb in the final frame, as both pitchers went the distance. In the second game, the Quakers jumped out to a 7-1 lead after two, the Big Green rallied to go up 9-7, but the hosts had the last laugh. Ennis Coble did club a pair of doubles and drive in four runs.
Overall Record vs. Penn
• Dartmouth owns a slim 83-78-1 lead in the all-time series against the Quakers.
• In the past 14 seasons, the Big Green have swept Penn six times, while the Quakers have won both contests five times with the two sides splitting the series just three times.
• Coach Whalen is 24-18 against Penn during his tenure, including a 4-2 mark in extra innings.
• Of the Ivy League schools, the Quakers are the only team to have a .500 record against Dartmouth in Hanover since the Biondi Park dedication (1-1) and since the Red Rolfe Field dedication before the 1970 season (15-15-1).
Scouting the Quakers
• Penn has been playing well of late, winning eight of its past 10 games, including a two-game sweep of Yale while yielding just two runs to the Bulldogs.
• The Quakers will flash some power and also show off some speed as well. Entering the weekend, they are fourth in the league with 11 homers and tied for the most stolen bases with 37.
• Greg Zebrack and Ryan Deitrich make for a formidable one-two punch in the lineup. Zebrack sports a .405/.490/.743 slash line, each of which ranks among the top four in the Ivy League, while Deitrich has a .351/.398/.608 line. Both have hit three long balls, and Zebrack has swiped 10 bags.
• The pitching staff has a respectable 4.91 ERA and leads the league in strikeouts. Connor Cuff has struck out 11.9 batters per nine innings alone.
• In the field, Penn has hurt itself a bit with 39 errors in 22 games (.954 fielding percentage), leading to 26 unearned runs.
Probable Starting Pitchers
• What is known is that Dartmouth will throw two left-handers against Penn. First up will be sophomore LHP Mitch Horacek (1-2, 5.76), who has progressively given up fewer runs in each start thus far. Freshman LHP Adam Frank (2-1, 5.71), who held Princeton hitless for six innings last weekend, gets the nod for game two.
• The Quakers will start things off with ace RHP Vince Voiro (4-1, 1.60) who has won each of his last four starts, including a 4-1, complete-game victory at Yale last Sunday. Game two will feature rookie RHP Sam Horn (0-1, 6.27), who gave up five runs in 3.1 innings on Monday versus Brown.
Last Time Against the Lions
In a rematch of the previous year's Ivy Championship Series, Dartmouth once again got the best of Columbia, taking both games on the Lions' home field. In the first game, the Big Green jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two innings, thanks in part to solo homers by Joe Sclafani and Chris O'Dowd, only to see Columbia score twice in the third and sixth frames to take a 4-3 lead into the seventh stanza. With one down, Dartmouth put a pair of runners on base before Jason Brooks greeted reliever Tim Giel by depositing his first pitch over the fence in right-center for a game-winning three-run jack and a 6-4 victory. The Green waltzed to an 8-1 triumph in the nightcap as Cole Sulser threw 7.2 shutout innings while striking out seven. O'Dowd homered again to contribute to the 10-hit attack.
Overall Record vs. Columbia
• Dartmouth is looking for its 100th win all-time against the Lions having gotten the best of them in 167 meetings with a 99-68 record.
• The Big Green have won 14 of the past 20 meetings, although Columbia did win one of the two showdowns in the Ivy Championship Series.
• Dartmouth head coach Bob Whalen has a 33-17 mark in games against Columbia.
• The Lions have split their only two games at Biondi Park, but the Green are 22-16 against Columbia at the site since the field was named in honor of Red Rolfe before the 1970 campaign.
Scouting the Lions
• Much like Penn, Columbia is playing quite well of late having won seven of its last eight after starting 3-13. Last weekend the Lions held Yale to one run in two games, then split a twinbill with Brown.
• Three Lions are batting over .300 on the season, led by Dario Pizzano with a slash line of .373/.481/.542. Nick Ferraresi has three of Columbia's eight home runs, and the Lions are hitting .265 as a team.
• Columbia pitchers have recorded a 4.68 ERA to date as the opposition has hit .279 against them. They are not afraid to pitch inside, as evidenced by the 43 batters they have hit this year.
• The Lions lead the league with a .968 fielding percentage and 24 double plays turned, plus have gunned down 31.2 pct. of would-be base stealers.
Probable Starting Pitchers
• Again, Dartmouth will send two southpaws to the bump. Junior LHP Kyle Hunter (0-2, 9.82) will try to get his season on track in the opener, and junior LHP Michael Johnson (1-1, 4.43) will toe the slab in game two. Johnson yielded just two runs over six innings in his last start at Cornell.
• The Big Green are expecting to face its first left-handed starter this year when LHP David Speer (2-0. 3.72) pitches game one on Sunday. Speer was lights out against Yale, tossing six shutout innings with seven strikeouts. RHP Stefan Olson (1-4, 4.85) is slated for game two after suffering a 4-3 loss to Brown, surrendering a pair of homers.
What's Up Next
Dartmouth wraps up a six-game homestand on Wednesday when Holy Cross comes to town. Next weekend the Big Green will be back on the road with a four-game series scheduled at Brown on Saturday and Sunday.
Home Cooking
Since its home field was renovated before the 2009 season, Dartmouth has enjoyed exceptional success at Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park with a 44-5 record for an .898 winning percentage and has not lost a non-conference game at the venue (16-0). The Big Green have won 26 consecutive games at Biondi, the longest streak among Division I teams.
Carlson Makes History with Cycle
In 140 seasons of varsity baseball, there had been no record of any Big Green player hitting for the cycle. That changed on April 4 when senior Jake Carlson accomplished the feat against Saint Anselm. After striking out his first time up, Carlson heated up with a fourth-inning double. One inning later the nine-hole hitter took the Hawk pitcher deep for his first home run of the season and fourth of his career. In the sixth, he boomed a triple over the his counterpart's head in center field, leaving him needing just a single in his final at-bat. He didn't waste any time, hitting a hard groundball up the middle that the second baseman was able to glove but not beat Carlson to first with the throw.
Whither the Lefties?
While Dartmouth has faced several left-handed pitchers, nearly 90 percent of the team's at-bats have come against righties. And after 18 games, not one southpaw has started on the mound against the Big Green. In contrast, 16 of Dartmouth's 18 starts on the mound have been by portsiders.
Bats Break Out
Before Saint Anselm came to town on April 4, the Dartmouth sticks had struggled at the plate with a .209 average in its previous seven games. That changed when the Big Green banged out a season-high 19 hits against the Hawks, with senior Jake Carlson and junior Ennis Coble matching a career high with four knocks. Senior Joe Sclafani and sophomore Jeff Keller got into the swing of things as well with three hits apiece.
Strikeouts to the Max
Since returning from the California spring trip, the pitching staff has pitched quite well with a 3.64 ERA while holding opposing hitters to a .246 average and striking out 41 in 47 innings. The most punchouts have come courtesy of senior reliever Max Langford, who has whiffed 10 in just five innings, including a career-high five strikeouts in two frames versus Saint Anselm on April 4.
East Coast Bias
Not that senior Joe Sclafani and junior Ennis Coble have anything against the West Coast, but since the pair returned to this time zone, they have hit the ball all over the yard. Sclafani is 9-for-22 (.409) with five doubles, while Coble is a sizzling 11-for-20 (.550).
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